All hail the debut of a new recurring column of sorts, collecting reasonably short reviews of disparate books. A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George While A Banquet of Consequences is not the best Lynley and Havers mystery I have read, it’s still great heaping loads better than the last one (Just One Evil Act). In fact, in my review of the latter, I wrote “I wanted … [Read more...] about Random Reads 3/29/17
Agatha Christie
The Floating Admiral by Certain Members of the Detection Club: B-
Book description: In 1932, thirteen members of London's exclusive Detection Club—including notables like Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesteron, and Agatha Christie—decided to undertake a challenging project. As Sayers writes in her introduction, "The problem was made to approach as closely as possible to a problem of real detection. Except in the case of Mr. Chesteron's … [Read more...] about The Floating Admiral by Certain Members of the Detection Club: B-
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie: B
From the back cover: "For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead—stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have … [Read more...] about The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie: B
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: A
From the back cover: Jane Finn is Missing. Where is she? The mere mention of her name produced a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that Tommy and Tuppence decided to find this mysterious missing lady. And once those two determined sleuths made up their minds, nothing could stop them—not international espionage, kidnapping—or even murder. Review: I … [Read more...] about The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: A